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When there is an animated discussion between a teacher and his or her students in the classroom, it can be classified as:

When there is an animated discussion between a teacher and his or her students in the classroom, it can be classified as: Correct Answer Horizontal communication

The term communication in Latin ‘communis’, means ‘to share’. Communication is an integral part of the teaching-learning process. Classroom communication involves speaking, lecturing, describing, explaining, illustrating on the part of the teacher and engaging the students in debate, dialogue and discussion. Communication can be broadly divided into vertical and horizontal

Types of Communication:

  1. Top-down/ Vertical/ Linear Communication: It is a one-way process of communication that involves ‘talking at’ people. The direction of the flow of information is teacher-centred and authoritarian i.e. the information only flows from the teacher to the student. The students are just passive recipients of knowledge. For example, the lecture method of teaching.
  2. Bottom-up/ Horizontal/ Lateral Communication:
  • It is an approach that involves ‘talking with’ people.
  • This approach draws students into the communication activity in a participatory mode by involving all the students in the communication process.
  • When there is an animated discussion between a teacher and his or her students in the classroom, it is termed as horizontal communication.
  • It is the more democratic or collaborative way of communication wherein there is a two-way dialogue involved. The students are actively involved in the process rather than being passive recipients of knowledge.

Hence, when there is an animated discussion between a teacher and his or her students in the classroom, it can be classified as horizontal communication.

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